When Ebenezer Parker "Eben" Low was born on 4 October 1864, in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, his father, John Somes Low, was 33 and his mother, Martha Kekapakalani, aka Kekapaokaahumanu Fuller, was 25. He married Elizabeth Pu'ukui Napoleon on 10 October 1887, in Kaua'i, Hawaii, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States in 1940 and lived in North Kohala District, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States in 1900. He died on 10 January 1954, at the age of 89.
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
English and Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived near a tumulus, mound or hill, Middle English lowe, from Old English hlāw (see Law 2).
Scottish and English: nickname for a short man, from Middle English lah, lowe (Old Norse lágr; the word was adopted first into the northern dialects of Middle English, where Scandinavian influence was strong, and then spread south, with regular alteration of the vowel quality).
English and Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname for a violent or dangerous person, from Anglo-Norman French lou, leu ‘wolf’ (from Latin lupus). Wolves were relatively common in Britain at the time when most surnames were formed, as there still existed large tracts of uncleared forest.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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